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Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

Caroline Jarrett 8 September 2020 29 July 2019
Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

I had the honour of working with Ginny Redish on this article on readability formulas for the July 2019 edition of UXmatters. Ginny is a leading authority on writing, accessibility, and content design and usability. I’ve lost count of theContinue reading… Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

Caroline Jarrett 12 March 2020 10 April 2019
Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

If you’re working on improving a form, especially a government one, what advice do you need? In April 2019, I discussed a topic map that might help to answer that question in a webinar for Digital.GOV. To find out moreContinue reading… Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

Celebrating inspiring women on Ada Lovelace Day

Caroline Jarrett 27 January 2021 14 October 2014
Celebrating inspiring women on Ada Lovelace Day

Women Who Code is the international organisation dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. I was delighted to be invited to join their London group on Ada Lovelace Day – the annual celebration of a woman widely considered to be the first computer programmer. It gave meContinue reading… Celebrating inspiring women on Ada Lovelace Day

The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

Jane Matthews 4 December 2019 29 July 2007
The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

This month, I’m enthusing about Ginny Redish’s new book Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Morgan Kaufmann). If you write, or your clients write, then you’ll learn from it. If you’re working on a content-rich website:Continue reading… The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

Persona-led heuristic inspection is here

Jane Matthews 10 December 2019 31 May 2005
Persona-led heuristic inspection is here

Last week, a sell-out crowd made their way to Oyster Partners to hear Ginny Redish talk about her recent work at a meeting of the UK chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association. Ginny’s talk ranged widely across content and theContinue reading… Persona-led heuristic inspection is here

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
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In today’s episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time”, @MattTyas writes about re-thinking the branding and tone of the @CoopDigital experience library (previously the design system).

Tl;dr good buttons AND helping colleagues to want to use them

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How and why we used a ‘brand sprint' to rethink our design system. @MattTyas explains. https://digitalblog.coop.co.uk/2021/04/19/using-a-brand-sprint-to-kick-start-the-reinvention-of-co-ops-design-system/

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When an AI can respond intelligently to an instruction to not set an alarm for tomorrow, *then* we can move on to Turing.

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Anthony67166996Anthony 💙NHS 🙏@Anthony67166996·
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336 HOURS in a room.
The time an elderly or disabled care home resident would have to isolate for a single visit out of their care home. Regardless of negative covid tests, and double vaccinated.
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EdenSwimmerJulia Aglionby@EdenSwimmer·
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This looks interesting - how to encourage new entrants to find land to start farming @RareBreedChris @georgewdunn @TWBinns @hannah_thelakes @suepritch @NFFNUK @DavidFursdon https://twitter.com/vickihird/status/1384064398394740738

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redbaronski❄️Natalie Shaw@redbaronski·
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Here is a poem from my book, about apple trees and people

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